Patterns Research


E.Ben-Jacob, I.Cohen, O.Shochet, I.S.Aranson, H.Levine, L.S.Tsimring. Complex bacterial patterns , Nature, v.373, 16 February 1995, pp.566-567.

L.Tsimring, H.Levine, I.Aranson, E.Ben-Jacob, I.Cohen, O.Shochet, W.N.Reynolds, Aggregation patterns in stressed bacteria, Phys. Rev. Lett., v. 75, pp.1859-1862 (1995).

BenJacob, E; Levine, H. The artistry of microorganisms. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 1998 OCT, V279 N4:82-87.


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I. Aranson, H. Levine and L. Tsimring. Spiral competition in three-component excitable media. Physical Review Letters, 12 Feb. 1996, vol.76, (no.7):1170-3.


To see more recent papers and movies related to patterns in physical systems.


  • L.S.Tsimring, H.Levine, and D.A.Kessler. RNA virus evolution via a fitness-space model. Physical Review Letters, 3 June 1996, vol.76, (no.23):4440-3..

  • D. Kessler, H. Levine, D. Ridgway and L.S.Tsimring. Evolution on a Smooth Landscape, J. Statistical Physics, May 1997, vol.87, (no.3-4):519-44.

  • Ridgway, D.; Levine, H.; Kessler, D.A. Evolution on a smooth landscape: the role of bias. Journal of Statistical Physics, Jan. 1998, vol.90, (no.1-2):191-210.

  • Levine, H.; Kessler, D.A. Mutator dynamics on a smooth evolutionary landscape. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1998 MAR 2, V80 N9:2012-2015.